Monica Kidd

Monica Kidd is a writer and physician.

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Cow burps targeted as researchers look at ways to reduce methane emissions

Faster and more effective changes will be needed for Canada to meet its goal of reducing methane emissions by at least 30 per cent below 2020 levels by 2030. One of the most promising solutions being looked at for cattle producers is food additives.
First Person

Whose doctor shortage? Like many other physicians before me, I'm leaving

Monica Kidd decided to become a doctor while mid-career in another profession, with a hope of practising medicine in her beloved Newfoundland and Labrador. Seventeen years later, she writes, she is no closer to that goal. In this column for CBC Opinion, she looks at why so many physicians leave a place they otherwise love.
Point of View

When public health became sexy again: How the pandemic influenced that change

In a new column for CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, contributor Monica Kidd credits the work of the unsung folks in public health.
First Person

I wanted to face Armageddon in N.L. but COVID-19 forced a change in plans

Plenty of things are revealed in a pandemic, writes physician and contributor Monica Kidd. Character is one of them.
First Person

'Where do you belong?' In Newfoundland, that's a sticky concept indeed

Contributor Monica Kidd writes that she's living in Alberta and is now firmly in the fifth stage of the Newfoundland life cycle: working on the mainland, trying to get home out of it.